quarantines
Keeps illness contained
Quarantines is the plural of quarantine and also its verb form.
A quarantine is a period of isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease, originally forty days for ships arriving at port.
To quarantine someone or something is to place them in such isolation.
The term extends beyond medicine: a quarantined file on a computer is isolated to prevent potential malware from spreading.
The infected passengers faced mandatory quarantines before entering the country.
Deadly epidemic disease
- choleraBacterial disease causing fatal dehydration
- yellow feverMosquito-spread tropical virus
- lazarettoMaritime quarantine station
- shipsSeagoing vessels
ports · flags · pestilence · sanatoriums · typhus · smallpox · maritime · Ellis Island
Complete separation from others
- patientsThose receiving medical treatment
- infectiousAble to spread disease
- contagiousTransmissible between people
- symptomsIndicators of disease
hospitals · monitoring · fever · exposure · outbreak · incubation · healthcare · diagnosis
Enforced public restrictions
- COVIDCoronavirus disease abbreviation
- restrictionsLimitations on action
- stay-at-homeNot one to travel
- social distancingDeliberate interpersonal spacing
closures · essential workers · transmission · containment · masks · ventilation · contact tracing · testing
Lines separating regions
- arrivalsThose who come
- airportsFacilities for aircraft arrival
- hotelsCommercial lodging establishments
- testingExamining to evaluate
certificates · documentation · visas · restrictions · mandatory · days · enforcement · exemptions
plague
Deadly epidemic disease
- choleraBacterial disease causing fatal dehydration
- yellow feverMosquito-spread tropical virus
- lazarettoMaritime quarantine station
ships · ports · flags · pestilence · sanatoriums · typhus · smallpox · maritime · Ellis Island · lepers
isolation
Complete separation from others
- patientsThose receiving medical treatment
- infectiousAble to spread disease
- contagiousTransmissible between people
symptoms · hospitals · monitoring · fever · exposure · outbreak · incubation · healthcare · diagnosis · treatment
lockdowns
Enforced public restrictions
- COVIDCoronavirus disease abbreviation
- restrictionsLimitations on action
- stay-at-homeNot one to travel
social distancing · closures · essential workers · transmission · containment · masks · ventilation · contact tracing · testing · variants
borders
Lines separating regions
- arrivalsThose who come
- airportsFacilities for aircraft arrival
- hotelsCommercial lodging establishments
testing · certificates · documentation · visas · restrictions · mandatory · days · enforcement · exemptions · violations
biosecurity
Protection against biological threats
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- poultryBirds raised for food
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
inspection · borders · customs · pests · diseases · import · export · USDA · fumigation · certification
- restrictionsban, bans, limits, limit, restrictions
- enforcementenforcement actions, crackdown, fines, enforcement agencies, penalties
quarantinesreleases
Lets go or publishes
frees · liberates · admits · clears · free movement
quarantinesintegrates
Combines into unified whole
reintegrates · reunites · includes · welcomes · embraces
- quarantine facilitiesPlaces for disease separation
- quarantine lawsRules enforcing health isolation
- quarantine zoneCordoned space preventing spread
- health quarantineEnforced separation preventing contagion
- quarantine areaRestricted zone for contagion
- home quarantineIsolation period at residence